Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-08-20

"And laying snow white flowers against my hair
Would st on my cold cheek tender kisses press
And fold my hands with lingering caress,
Poor hands, so empty and so cold tonight
ST should die tonight
Then woulds thou call to mind with loving
thought
Some kindly deed the icy hands had wrought,
Some tender words the frozen lips had said,
brands on which the willing feet had sped;
The memory of my passion and my pride,
And every fault would sure be set aside. "a
So should be forgiven of all tonight.
Death waits on me tonight,
Zen now nv summons echoes from afar,
And grave msts gather fast about my star
Think gently of me- / am travel worn,
NY faitering feet are pierced with many thorn,
The bitter world has made my faint heart bleed.
When dreamless rest is mine shall not need
The tenderness for which long tonight
She stopped, apparently more because she
had got to the end of the paper than for any
other reason, and without even rereading
what she had written. pushed the pass back
into her bosom and was soon lost in thought.
Ten minutes later Jantje came creeping in
to where she sat like a great snake in human
form, his yellow face shining with the rain
drops
"Wen," whispered jess, looking up with
start, 'have you done it,"
mo, missile, no. Baas Frank has but now
gone to his tent He has been talking to the
clergyman, something about Missile Bessie, 1
don't know what. was near, but he talked
low and could only hear the name"
"Have the Beers all gone to sleep"
IAN, missile, except the sentries"
as there sentry before Baas Franks tent?"
mo, missile, there is nobody near"
"What is the time, JantjeP
about three hours and half after sun
down" Q0:30.
LET us wait half an hour, and then you
must 60
Accordingly they sat in silence. In silence
they sat facing each other and their own
thoughts Presently Jantje broke it by draw
ing the big white handled knife and com
mencing to sharpen it on piece of leather.
The sight made jess feel sick. "Put the
knife up" she said, quickly; lit is sharp
enough"
Jantje obeyed with feeble grin and the
minutes passed on heavily
"Now Jantje," she said at length, speaking
huskily in her struggle to overcome the spas
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for You to 60"
spoke.
"Missie must come with mein
"Come with you" answered jess, with a
start "why!"
Because the ghost of the old English wo
man will come after me if go alone
@You fool" said jess angrily, and then
recollecting herself, added: "Come, be a man,
Jautje, think of your father and mother
| and be man."
a am a man. he answered sulkily, "and
| will kill him like a man, but what good is a
man against the ghost of a dead English
wonanY If put the knife into her she would
| only make faces and fire would come out Of
| the hole l will not go without you, missile
"You must GO" she said, fiercely; you
shall go"
| mo, missile, | will not go alone,n he an
| swered.
| Jess looked at him and saw that he meant
| what he said He was getting sulky, and the
| worst diSpositionedd donkey in the world is far
| far easier to deal with than sulky Hotten
| tot She must either give up the project OF
| go with the man. Well, she was equally
| guilty one way OF the QUIET, anu WIS TttiiiN
| almost callous about being detected. so She
might as well 60 She had no power left tc
make fresh plans Her mind seemed to bt
exhausted. Only she must keep out of tn,
way at the last. She could not bear to IN
| near then
"WeIl,n she said, 4 will go with you
Jantje'
| Good, missile, that is all right now. You
can keep off the ghost of the dead Englist
woman while kill Baas Frank But first he
must be fast asleep Fast, fast asleep"
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